The tender years : toward developmentally sensitive child welfare services for very young children
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The tender years : toward developmentally sensitive child welfare services for very young children
（Child welfare）
Oxford University Press, 1998
- pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-192) and indexes
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ISBN 9780195114522
Description
The first few years of life are a time of unparalleled physical, intellectual, and emotional development. They can also be a time of neglect and abuse for this is the period when children are most likely to suffer mistreatment by their parents, and most likely to be placed in foster care. Today most children entering the child welfare system are very young and in most large states, infants are the largest group of children entering foster care each year. Social service systems are typically not designed for very young children, and as a result fail to serve their special needs. This shortcoming is significant because protecting very young children from physical harm is not enough; they must also be protected from developmental harm. This work offers an overview of child welfare systems. It examines child abuse reporting patterns and discusses placement in foster care, reunification, and adoption. It also looks at public child welfare practice, and features examples of the children and families served by this system.
Table of Contents
- 1 - Child development and child welfare
- 2 - child abuse and neglect of very young children
- 3 - from child maltreatment to placement
- 4 - foster care, reunification, and adoption
- 5 - group care
- 6 - focus on infants
- 7 - understanding children and families served by the child welfare systems
- 8 - public child welfare practice
- 9 - reconceptualizing the child welfare system for very young children
- appendix: study methods
- references.
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pbk. ISBN 9780195114539
Description
The first few years of life are a time of unparalleled physical, intellectual, and emotional development. But they can also be a time of neglect and abuse: this is the period when children are most likely to suffer mistreatment by their parents, and most likely to be placed in foster care. Today most children entering the child welfare system are very young, and, in most large states, infants are the largest group of children entering foster care each year. Social
service systems are typically not designed for very young children, however, and therefore fail to serve their special needs. This shortcoming is significant because protecting very young children from physical harm is not enough; they must also be protected from developmental harm.
The Tender Years is the first textbook to address this critical situation. Beginning with an overview of child development theory, it examines child abuse reporting patterns and discusses placement in foster care, reunification, and adoption. It also looks at public child welfare practice, featuring vivid examples of the children and families served by this system. The authors analyse the differences between the foster care experiences of very young children and those of older
children, with special emphasis on the way the child welfare system deals with infants. Based on a significant body of evidence regarding young childrens unique affective, physical, and cognitive development, this text illuminates the interrelationship of child welfare practice, child development outcomes, and
public policy. The authors offer a fundamental framework for decision-making in child welfare when young children are involved, and recommend specific changes in policy and practice aimed at moving the system toward greater developmental sensitivity.
Timely and provocative, The Tender Years is essential reading for courses in child welfare, social work with children, and social work with the family, as well as a valuable resource for child welfare administrators and policy makers.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Child Development and Child Welfare
- 2. Child Abuse and Neglect of Very Young Children
- 3. From Child Maltreatment to Placement
- 4. Foster Care, Reunification, and Adoption
- 5. Group Care
- 6. Focus on Infants
- 7. Understanding Children and Families Served by the Child Welfare Systems
- 8. Public Child Welfare Practice
- 9. Reconceptualizing the Child Welfare System for Very Young Children
- Appendix: Study Methods
- References
- Index
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